Garment-supporter.



'T. E. GRIFFITI'Ir GARMENT SUPPOHTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29. 191e,

Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

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THoMAsE. GRIFFITH, oRwInsToN-SALVEM, NORTH CAROLINA.

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specian'on of Letters Patent. YPatented; 001;. 23, 1917.

Application led. January 29, 1916.5 Sera1No.l75,152.=

porters and has for its primary object to` provide a support forhosiery, stockings, trousers, underwear or the like and 'may be attachedto a garter or suspenders.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a supporter thatwillclamp the hem of the garment andpositively support it without dangerof the garment being torn or damaged.

AV further object of the invention is the provision of a supporter thatmay be easily attached to the garment and quickly detached therefrom.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a supporter whichconsists of comparatively few parts and is simple in construction, butdurable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devicesof this character are ordinarily subjected. A

For a full description of the invention and the advantages and meritsthereof, reference is to be had to the following description and theaccompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of myinvention, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the garment support.

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation showing the supporter attached to thegarment.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

The base plate l is provided which consists of a rectangular piece ofmetal having lugs 2 formed thereon at its free end, and which is bentupon itself at its opposite end to form a double thickness of the .plateby reason of the bent over portion 8 lying against the face of thepla-te l and extending downwardly thereon for a short distance.Thismember 3 is provided with a loop A which forms a hinge for theswinging clamp plate 5.

The clamp plate 5 is also lprovided with ears 6 which are identical withthe ears 2 and which are adapted to engage with the ears 2 when theclamp is closed.

Flanges 7 are provided along the longitudina-l le'dge's'iofl the clampplate 5 and the endsl of the flanges are provided with aperlturesfor thereception of pivot pins 8. A

pairgof clips 9 are provided, one of which ismounted upon the pin 8 forpivotal movement and a finger' plate 110 is integrally connected to theclips'9 `so that when the finger plate is swung toward or vaway from theclamp plate 5,I the clips 9 will rotate upon their pivots. 4A slidingring 11 is provided which surrounds the base plate.v .l and` is largeenough to freely slide up and down to llock the parts when the` garmentis clamped. 'In lthe operation yof the device, the garmentl is insertedbetween the base ,plate l andthe swinging clamp plate5 and these platesare brought together whereupon the v finger plate lOvfwill be swungforwardly'on the pivot 8 to contact with the plate 5 and by thisoperation, the clips 9 will, at their ends 12, engage the garment,pressing it against the lugs 2 and thereby securely hold the garment.The ring 1l will then be pushed down over the different membersconstituting the clamp and lock the parts together as shown by Fig. 2 ofthe drawing. To release the garment It is only necessary to push thering 11 upwardly so that the parts may be easily opened and the garmentremoved therefrom.

From the foregoing it will be observed that a very simple and durablesupporter has been provided, the details of which embody the preferredform. I desire it to be understood however, that slight changes ormodifications in the minor details of construction may be made Withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claimshereunto appended.

I claim:

l. A garment supporter comprising a clamp having a xed and a movablemember, a ring circumscribing the said members, a pair of clipspivotally mounted on the movable member, means associated with the saidclips and adapted to be manually moved into engagement with the saidvmovable member for moving the ends of the said clips into engagementwith the ends of the fixed member, the saidring being slidable on thesaid'mo'vable'and fixed member for plate, a hinge formed on the baseplate,`

a swinging clamp plate mounted for swinging movement on said hinge, afinger plate to which is secured clips is pivoted to the swinging Clampplate and adapted to move the said clips into engagement with the saidhase plate, and a ring embracing the base plate and adapted to slidethereover and engage the finger plate to hold the latter in operativeposition.

3. A garment supporter comprising a haseplate, a hingle formed at oneend of `the said hase plate, lugs formed at the opposite end andprojecting laterally from the edge of the hase plate, a swinging Clampplate mounted on the hinge, the said swinging clamp Iplate also havinglugs Corresponding to the lugs on the hase plate, eli/ps pivotallymounted at opposite edges of the swinging clamp plate above lthe lugs onthe said clamp plate, and means connected to the clips for moving theends of the latter into engagement with the lugs on the hase plate fortight engagement therewith to `clamp the said base plate and theswinging clamp plate in Close relation.

il. A garment rsupporter Comprising va base plate, a hinge formed yonsaid .hase plate, a

swinging Clamp plate mounted for swinging movement on said' hinge,flanges formed on each side of said swinging clamp plate, a platepivotally mounted on said llanges and provided with Clips adapted toengage the said base plate, and means for securing said means to saidswinging clamp plate.

5. A garment supporter comprising a base plate, a hinge formed at oneend of said base plate, lugs formed at the opposite end of said baseplate, a swinging clamp plate mounted in said hinge to swing toward oraway from said base plate, a finger plate having a pair of integralclips the said clips being pivotally .connected .to the said base plate,ythe .said Clips being adapted to have their ends engage the said lugs,and means for looking said linger plate to said swinging .Clamp plate.

In testimony whereof I alliX -my signature in presence ,of twowitnesses.

THGMAS E. GRIFFTH.

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